Raiwand’s Dream shattered as all political parties opposed mid term poll
PML_N doesn't like peaceful democratic process, it seems it believes in anarchism
It seems Mian Nawaz Sharif who don’t believe in democratic institutions and political process, along with his buddies (especially Chaudahry Nisar), wants to build a anarchist state or Talibanized society in which modern representative system, voter’s choice and individual freedoms will have no place. Democracy irks Mian sahib beacuse he is not a member of the parliament and his party is not in power-or possibly the undertaking given in the Jeddah agreement between Nawaz Sharif and former president Pervez Musharraf, will complete its binding period in this December? According to reports, Nawaz Sharif had given an undertaking to former president Musharraf that he will not participate in politics for 10 years and recently representative of Saudi King Abdullah met with PML-N Chief nawaz Sharif in London for three hours in which he once again relate the message to abide by the agreement made during the tenure of former President Pervez Musharraf. Dr Babar Awan rightly advised Mian sahib that if any person having intentions to benefit after December in the name of change has misperceived the situation, as the next elections will be held in 2013-and he should play his role in the parliament.
Mian Nawaz Sharif has, throughout his political career, by and large shown little respect for constitution, parliament and democratic norms and traditions. Because of these ‘virtues’ (lack of respect towards constitution, parliament and democracy), the nation always regarded him as a true heir of General Zia-ul-Haq. We also keep in mind history, background and ideology of Sharif’s party, which is basically a component of the all Punjabi conservative right wing class. During his premiership Mian shahib, wanting to be crowned as the Amirul Momineen, he introduced Shariat bill(15th amendment). A few months ago, Ms.Fauzia Wahab insinuated that the PML-N won elections with support from extremists. Ms. Wahab said: “There has always been a nexus between the PML-N and religious elements across the country. The PML-N succeeded in the 2008 elections due to their support. And now despite the fact that there exists apparently no reason, political or otherwise, for a mid term poll in the country, the PML-N’s demand for it, it reflects it’s undemocratic mindset.
In recent weeks, Nawaz Sharif has been advocating for a national agenda which he calls the ‘Charter of Pakistan’. He claims the panacea he has been suggesting is “the only solution to all the evils ailing the country”-and arguments and examples which might go contrary to his point of view, suggest that his great imaginative formula, is infect purely a combination of the unconstitutionalism and anarchism and it’ll eventually harm the democratic process, in Mubarik Haider’s words,“The proposed solution of a new constitution, with Nawaz Sharif as the guiding star, will only reward us with a new military set up.”
The PML-N is continuously losing patience and now, it steps up campaign against Pakistan Peoples party led government and democracy-and this time it has talked openly about the possibility of mid-term elections in clear terms and that too on a day when party chief Nawaz Sharif convened a meeting of senior party leaders and members of the Central Organizing Committee in Islamabad on Nov 5.
Earlier the prime minister while responding to the opposition leader’s remarks about mid-term elections said that no martial law is going to be imposed and neither would he (the PM) dissolve the assemblies.
All those seeking the dissolution of the National Assembly and calling for mid-term polls are actually trying to tear the country apart and derail democracy, he said.
He said mid-term elections could be held only if he exercised his constitutional power to dissolve the National Assembly — a previously presidential power given him by the 18th Amendment — or if an unconstitutional martial law was imposed.
“I will not dissolve the assembly,” he said amid cheers from the coalition benches and told those demanding the opposite course — who he said were “not sincere to the country” — not to have “any misunderstanding” that the present “patriotic and pro-democracy military” would impose martial law.
Stressing that the present assembly represented the mandate of the entire country, he said: “It is our duty to protect this house. We cannot fulfil anybody’s (contrary) wish.”
The prime minister also asked the “advocates of mid-term elections”, without naming the PML-N, to keep in mind the results of recent by-elections, in which it lost some seats it had won in the February 2008 general election, and said they better hold local government elections to see what happens.
During another meeting with ministers and lawmakers, Gilani said “certain forces in the Parliament have wishful thinking to derail the democratic process” and were demanding mid-term elections.
Strongly rejecting the calls for dissolution of Parliament, Gilani said democracy is the only solution to the problems facing.
All the leading political parties are advising the PML-N to wait for 2013 when the present parliament will complete its constitutional term and the nation prepares for a general election. Below are the responses of the leading political parties, their spokespersons termed it emotional demand and this move could affect democracy in the country, even Jamaat-e-Islami says it would not support any unconstitutional move:
PML-Q’s Response:
Senator of PML-Q Kamil Ali Agha has said that the demand of PML-N could affect the present democratic system. He also said that such demand should be made after brain storming and not as emotional demands. Kamil Ali Agha was of the view that such decisions could only be made in the party meetings.
ANP”s Response:
The information minister of the KhyberPakhtunkhwa province Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that the demand seems to be Khwaja Asif’s personal thought and not the party stance of PML-N. He said that mid-term polls could affect democracy in the country. He also felt sure that Mian Nawaz Sharif would not be in support of this demand.
Jamaat-e-Islami’s response
Leader of Jamat-e Islami Liaqat Baloch has said that the Jamat would not support any extra constitutional move. He said that mid-terms could only be held when the assemblies are dissolved. Liaqat Baloch said that on one hand PPP and PML-N are in coalition government in Punjab and on the other hand this demand has been forwarded. He vowed not to support any extra constitutional action or step.
Faisal Raza Abidi’s Response:
Leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Faisal Raza Abidi has responded on the demand by saying that this demand and desire of PML-N would not be fulfilled. These types of demands are not new for PPP, he added. He proudly prophesied PPP’s success even in the next general polls.
The coordinator to President Asif Zardari for Punjab, Naveed Chaudhry, stated that there was no provision of mid-term elections in the Constitution. The PPP member said the opposition always talked about problem, but it had never suggested any solution.
He ridiculed allegations by Chaudhry Nisar about massive corruption, wondering what he had been doing as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) if these charges were true.
Naveed Chaudhry said the government was about to launch a “social reforms programme”, claiming it would bring about a visible change in society.
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No need for mid-term elections, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD: President Pakistan Muslim League Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Wednesday again made it clear that there is no need at all for mid term elections in the country.
While talking to a private TV channel on Wednesday, Chaudhry Shujaat was of the view that country is passing through critical phase and in these circumstances mid term election could be dangerous for the country urging government should complete its tenure of 5 years.
PML-Q President further added that Sharif Brothers could be forgiven if they visit Gujrat.
PML-N has changed its[unconstitutional]position on the issue of Mid term poll, now ,Ch Nisar says PML(N) fully supports democratic system
Islamabad , Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that PML-N fully supports the democratic system and will never indulge in any activity to destabilize the system and the government.
Speaking in the National Assembly he said his party has never demanded mid-term election or de-stability of the system but it has always talked about the bad governance of the government which needs special attention. He said the government should complete its tenure as mandated by the people but it should focus its attention on the public problems including price hike and law and order. He said it is the obligation of the government to improve governance and protect national sovereignty at all costs. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan emphasized the government to take notice of the continuous price hike especially high rise in sugar prices. He demanded the government to withdraw increase in oil prices saying that oil prices are on decline in the international market from one year but in Pakistan these are continuously being increased which are resulting in price hike of all commodities.
There are a number of anti-democratic forces in Pakistan that are always hinting at a military coup. These are basically power hungry people who want to get back into mainstream politics. A number of conspiracy theorists are also working alongside these forces. Considering the extent of the crisis in Pakistan, it is not suitable for political parties to lobby against the government just to get back into power. Democracy has a self-regulating mechanism and, with the passage of time, the loopholes that exist today will be fixed. For the last many months we have seen all kinds of conspiracy theories swirling around about a change of government. Whether or not it will materialize is another matter altogether. The opposition keeps asking for a change but it has never come up with any solutions to the problems we face today. It is easy to criticize and point fingers at the incumbents but if the PML-N or other opposition parties cannot come up with new ideas to help the country, they had better wait for the 2013 general elections.
PML-N steps back, MQM sticks to guns in NA
ISLAMABAD: The opposition PML-N seemed stepping back in the National Assembly on Thursday from suggestions for mid-term elections that had angered Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani but his ally MQM stuck to a boycott of the house for the second day running, leaving a gaping hole in the government’s southern flank.
Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan denied that his party wanted mid-term elections or to destabilise the PPP-led coalition government, which he, however, severely criticised for its alleged failure to tackle corruption and price hike and for what he called its “anti-people policies”.
The prime minister, in a speech to the assembly on Tuesday, had dismissed what he called a talk of mid-term elections or any possibility of martial law that could force such a course after Chaudhry Nisar told reporters a day before that he was hearing “voices coming from streets” to get rid of the present government and that mid-term elections could be an option, and a call inside the house by a lower-ranking PML member before Mr Gilani spoke that “mid-term elections must be held next year”.
“We are not talking of mid-term elections, we are not talking of any martial law,” the opposition leader said while speaking on a point of order on Thursday.
Though he vowed his party would block every government move to “marginalise the parliamentary mode of governance”, he said: “We don’t want to destabilise you. People have given you the right to govern.”
While Chaudhry Nisar’s assertions seemed aimed at dispelling some latest tension between the government and the largest opposition party due to remarks about mid-term elections, the government suffered an embarrassment as the 25-member MQM — one of its key allies — did not return to the house after its Wednesday’s announcement of a boycott that it said would continue until the latest increases in petroleum prices were withdrawn.
There seemed little chances of this demand being met immediately, although the house has admitted four opposition adjournment motions for a debate on oil prices and the general price hike.
The day saw another walkout on Thursday by the opposition PML-Q to protest against the higher oil prices, which the party’s parliamentary leader Faisal Saleh Hayat said should have been approved by the house.
Chaudhry Nisar, in his speech, disputed the prime minister’s assertion in some of his recent statements that his government had implemented 80 per cent of the landmark Charter of Democracy (CoD) signed by assassinated PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif in 2006 and said the implementation was “not even 70 per cent” and could be as low as “20 to 25 per cent”.
PPP chief whip Khurshid Ahmed Shah invited his anger when in a rejoinder to the opposition leader he said that “we will be thankful to them” if the PML-N could implement as much of the CoD in the Punjab province that it rules with PPP as a coalition partner as done by federal government.
Chaudhry Nisar challenged the PPP to withdraw from the Punjab government if it was dissatisfied in the same way as the PML-N had quit the PPP’s federal government after six months of association.
But despite such hot exchanges, the government did not seem displeased with the PML-N stance on the day, with Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan saying that there was “difference in perception but not of thinking” as he assured the house of an early presentation of the stalled new accountability law.
Before adjourning until 10am on Friday, the house quickly passed three bills — seeking to further amend the State Bank of Pakistan Act of 1956 to facilitate the central bank’s working in conformity with the present-day international practices, reorganisation and conversion of the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan into a public limited company, and constitution of a Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design to be based in Lahore.
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PML-N never talked about martial law, mid-term polls: Nisar
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan his party has never demanded mid-term election, martial law or de-stability of the system but it has always talked about the bad governance of the government which
needs special attention.
Chaudhry Nisar said that PML-N fully supports the democratic system and will never indulge in any activity to destabilize the system and the government.
Replying to the address of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, which he delivered on Wednesday, in National Assembly, he said the government should complete its constitutional term of five years as mandated by the people but it should focus its attention on the public problems including price hike and law and order.
Sharif’s reported 10-year ban to expire next month
Islamabad—As the reported 10- year ban on Nawaz Sharif’s to expire on December 10 next, PML (N) has decided to change its political strategy approaching political groups to muster their support.
The knowledgeable sources confided that Nawaz Sharif will jump into forefront and he is expected to participate in the electoral process for playing a leading role in the Parliament.
The PML (N) has planned to unfold new chapters in its politics for becoming a big force by exploiting the weaknesses of the incumbent government. It will soften up its attitude towards the United States , smaller parties and regional groups including ANP and MQM. PML (N) stalwart Ishaq Dar had already visited MQM headquarters in Karachi . In Sindh, the party will approach Sindhi nationalists to gain some ground in the interior Singh, party sources said.
The insider said though there is a little hope that a United Muslim League will emerge on political radar, but PML (N) may accept a loose alliance with Pir Pagara in Sindh. Syed Ghous Ali Shah, adviser to Nawaz Sharif on Sindh has been suggesting an alliance with Sindhi nationalists and seat arrangements with MQM. PML (N) will also strengthen its base in Hazara division.
According to sources, the Nawaz Sharif’s recent aggressive tone criticising President Asif Ali Zardari and even Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, against whom he had a softer attitude earlier suggested that he has already started building a tempo for his bigger role as opposition leader in near future.
Though hawks in PML (N) are still influencing the party decisions but a recent meeting of Ishaq Dar with Wasim Sajjad and agreeing on joint candidates for a parliamentary committee for appointment of judges also suggest that PML (N) has chartered out a “reconciliation policy” in the national politics to broaden its base for participating in electoral process in future. Political observers predict a “politics of new alliances” in the coming days.
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